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stories from across the EU17.11.2015Albania
Warned to Take Islamist Threats Seriously (Balkan Insight, link): "Warnings about
attacks by ISIS that were emailed to Albanias interior
minister and several media outlets should not be ignored by the
Muslim-majority NATO member state, experts said."

Belgium and France announce extra measures in 4
areas(Flanders
News, link): "Interior Minister Jan Jambon travelled
to Paris on Sunday to meet his French colleague Bernard Cazeneuve,
in order to discuss urgent measures to tackle terrorism and to
avoid new attacks in the future. France and Belgium will intensify
their cooperation, and are calling on other European member states
to focus on 3 points of action: gunrunning, passenger lists for
international flights and systematic border checks."

Belgium's heightens terror alert(Flanders News,
link): "Belgium has increased the terror alert level
from 2 to 3. The terrorist threat is now 'serious' instead of
'average'. The decision was taken by OCAD, the Belgian co-ordination
team that analyses the threat of a terrorist attack."

EU: Europes
response to the Paris attacks is different this time
(The Economist, link): "The contrast was telling. In
the aftermath of Fridays attacks, which killed at least
129 people in locations around Paris, European leaders again
issued statements of sympathy and outrage, while their citizens
turned out en masse with flowers and candles to show solidarity.
But where the Je suis Charlie demonstrators resisted
linking terrorism to immigration or Islam, the mood this time
has been more ambivalent. By targeting a well-known press outlet
and a Jewish supermarket, the Charlie Hebdo killers allowed Europeans
to frame their outrage around positive ideals: freedom of speech
and of religion. But the latest attacks seemed to hit public
spaces at randoma Cambodian restaurant, a football stadium,
a concert hall. And some Europeans inevitably began linking the
violence to the issue which has dominated their politics for
the past six months: the wave of refugees streaming into their
continent from the Middle East."

Hungarian Rightists Motives Remain Mysterious
in Serbia (Balkan Insight,
link): "Far-right Hungarian party Jobbik raised fears
of extremist provocations by opening an office in Senta, a mainly
ethnic Hungarian town in north Serbia, but locals know little
about the party's agenda and local staff were reluctant to talk."

Kosovo Opposition Force MPs to Flee Parliament (Balkan Insight, link): "Ruling party
MPs were forced to adopt the 2016 budget while barricaded in
an alternative hall, after opposition MPs again threw tear gas
in the main chamber."

NORTHERN IRELAND: How
detention affects my community: the view from Belfast
(Right to Remain, link): "This piece was written for
Unlocking Detention by the Larne House Visitors Group. Larne
House is a short-term holding facility near Belfast. People are
detained there for short periods of time before being transferred
to another detention centre (in England, or Dungavel in Scotland)."

Stock Prices of Weapons Manufacturers Soaring Since
Paris Attack (The Intercept,
link): "The Paris attacks took place on Friday night.
Since then, Frances president has vowed war
on ISIS and today significantly escalated the countrys
bombing campaign in Syria (France has been bombing ISIS in Iraq
since last January, and began bombing the group in Syria in September).

"Already this morning, as Aaron
Cantú noticed, the stocks of the leading weapons manufacturers
 what is usually referred to as the defense industry
 have soared"

UK: Met
police chief calls for more armed officers following Paris attacks(The Guardian, link): "But he tried to reassure Londoners
that the number of firearms officers was being reviewed as a
result of the attacks in the French capital, in which 129 people
were killed. He said the Metropolitan police was proud to be
a mostly unarmed force, but the Paris attacks showed the need
for change."

UK Trade Union Bill: Latest in line of global attacks
on right to strike (Global
Labour Column, link): "The Bill is an assault on British
trade unions, containing a raft of draconian measures designed
to stifle their ability to protect workers rights. Although
a continuation of the anti-trade union legislation passed since
the 1980s by Conservative governments, the Trade Union Bill goes
further than anything that Margaret Thatcher introduced."

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